Nadia Lockyer arrested for alleged attack on husband Bill

Nadia Lockyer in a Tuolumne County Sheriff's Department mugshot photo.

Nadia Lockyer in a Tuolumne County Sheriff's Department mugshot photo.

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Nadia Lockyer arrested for alleged attack on husband Bill

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The roller-coaster marriage of former state Treasurer Bill Lockyer and wife Nadia — whose sex and drug scandal cost her her job as an Alameda County supervisor — has taken another downward plunge.

Nadia Lockyer ,46, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of misdemeanor battery of a spouse after she allegedly went on a drunken rage inside a vacation home in the Sierra foothills town of Twain Harte, according to Tuolumne County sheriff’s officials.

Bill Lockyer suffered an undisclosed minor injury in the incident, authorities said. Sheriff’s officials say they received a call from the house at about 10:55 a.m. about an intoxicated woman yelling and throwing things, though they did not identify the caller.

Authorities said Nadia Lockyer had a blood alcohol level of 0.22 percent when she was arrested — well over the legal limit for driving. She was held for several hours before she was released on $5,000 bail, a Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman said.

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“This is obviously an extremely difficult time for the family, and as they work through it, privacy is imperative,” said Tom Dresslar, a spokesman for Bill Lockyer. “Bill is focused on his kids’ well-being and his wife’s health.”

Nadia Lockyer resigned as an Alameda County supervisor in 2012 after a meth-fueled affair with a South Bay man, who allegedly assaulted her in a motel room and tried to blackmail her with an X-rated tape he had shot of the two.

Nadia Lockyer subsequently was in and out of drug rehab, and the couple appeared headed for certain divorce. That is, until two years ago when they reconciled and began making a new life for themselves in Southern California — capped off when Nadia Lockyer proudly announced on her Facebook page that she had given birth to twin boys. The couple have one other son.

But just a couple days before her arrest, Nadia Lockyer sent out a more ominous Facebook message — a complaint about the state of her 14-year marriage in which she declared, “With a huge broken heart and bruises, I’m filing for legal separation.”

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